BSP sacks Kanchal, Bansal and Anna

Upset over the defeat of the BSP candidate at the hands of Congress from prestigious Lucknow [West] Assembly seat in the recently held by-elections Party Supremo Mayawati ousted three influential leaders on the charges of 'anti-party activities'.

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Farzand Ahmed

Lucknow

November 18, 2009

UPDATED: November 18, 2009 18:40 IST

Upset over the defeat of the BSP candidate at the hands of Congress from prestigious Lucknow [West] Assembly seat in the recently held by-elections, party supremo Mayawati ousted three influential leaders on the charges of 'anti-party activities'.

BSP was placed third in the by-elections from Lucknow [West]. The defeat at the hands of Congress was 'shocking' for Chief Minister Mayawati whose party had swept the by-elections winning nine of the eleven seats. One had gone to Congress and another was won by an independent.

The leaders sacked on Wednesday included influential trading community leaders Banwari Lal Kanchal, Sandeep Bansal and Arun Kumar Shukla alias Anna alleged to be a don.

Announcing the sacking of the three after the review of party performance in the by-elections, state party chief Swamy Prasad Maurya said while Kanchal and Bansal had worked against the official candidate, Anna, known for his criminal history, failed to reform himself and continued to indulge in criminal activities.

Anna was given BSP ticket in the last Lok Sabha polls after he had promised that would reform himself. Anna was also made in-charge of the Lucknow [West] constituency this time.

While Kanchal had joined BSP from SP, Bansal was a ranked leader of UP Vyapar Mandal. Kanchal had also resigned as SP Rajya Sabha member before joining BSP.

Maurya said there was no place for selfish characters, party saboteurs and persons with criminal background in BSP.